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Vanesa Amarelle Amarelle

Country of origin: UruguayCurrently in: Uruguay, MontevideoGeneral field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms

Academic Background

Degrees

2016
Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms

Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Biological Systems and Organisms

My research is focused on iron and manganese metabolism in bacteria from a physiological and biotechnological perspective. I am particularly interested in bioprospection of Antarctic environments for the search of enzymes/bacteria capable of oxidizing manganese and tolerate different metals. My research project for the next two years is to develop a suitable vector-host system for the construction of functional metagenomic libraries using psychrophilic bacteria.

One-month research Internship at Prof. Fernando Sonccini laboratory. IBR, Rosario, Argentina. Funded by PEDECIBA (Program for the development of Basic Sciences)

Mar 2012

PhD scholarship grant

Three year scholarship for PhD studies. Funded by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII)

Nov 2011

AMSUD-PASTEUR grant

Two-month internship at Dr. Patrick England laboratory. Institute Pasteur, Paris, France. Funded by AMSUD-Pasteur and the French ambassy in Uruguay

Jul 2010

PEDECIBA internship grant

Two month Research Internship at Prof. Mark O´Brian laboratory. SUNNY, Buffalo, NY, USA. Funded by PEDECIBA (Program for the development of Basic Sciences)

Oct 2009

PEDECIBA grant

Attendance to the congress ProkaGENOMICS 2009. Gottingen, Germany. Funded by PEDECIBA (Program for the development of Basic Sciences)

Mar 2008

MSC. scholarship grant

Two year scholarship for MSc. studies. Funded by the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII)

Nov 2008

UNU-BIOLAC grant

Attendance to the course New Biotechnologies Applied to the Production of Biofertilizers for Agriculture. Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC). Caracas, Venezuela. Funded by United nations University-Program of Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU-BIOLAC)